Young and strong Hollywood son
  In the early morning light
  This star fell down
  On Sunset Boulevard
  
  Young and strong beautiful one
  We embraced so close
  Is gone
  Was torn away
  
  Let the youth of America mourn
  Include him in their prayers
  Let his image linger on
  Repeat it everywhere
  
  With candles, with flowers
  He was one of ours
  One of ours
  
  Why don't you let him be?
  He's gone
  We know
  Give his mother and his father peace
  Your vulture's candor
  Your casual slander
  You murder his memory
  He's gone
  We know
  It's nothing but a tragedy
  
  Lay to rest your soul and body
  Lay beside your name
  Lay to rest your rage
  Your hunger and amazing grace
  
  With candles, with flowers
  You were one of ours
  One of ours
  
  I saw cameras expose your life
  I heard rumors explode with lies
  I saw children in tears
  Cry and crowd around the sight
  Of where you had collapsed that day
  Where your last breath and word
  Had been sighed
  Where your heart had burst
  Where you had died
  
  I saw how they were lost in grieving
  All half believing you were gone
  The loss and pain of it
  Crime and shame of it
  You were gone
  It was such a nightmare raving
  
  "How could we save him from himself?!"